First Omani application designed for patients with sickle cell anemia

Muscat: The “For You” application is the first Omani application designed specifically for patients with sickle cell anemia in the Sultanate of Oman to improve the quality of life related to the health of patients with the disease.

The "For You" application is one of the applications supervised by the Ministry of Health, and the first Omani application designed specifically for patients with sickle cell anemia in the Sultanate of Oman.

Dr. Yusra bint Sulaiman Al Nasseri, an academic at the Oman College of Health Sciences, said that the health application “For You” is one of the integrated educational applications that are specially designed for parents and patients with sickle cell anemia, and that all segments of society can benefit from it.

"The application aims to raise the level of knowledge and enhance the self-efficacy of the injured parents, as well as improving the quality of life of the injured and identifying vital indicators of pain attacks in patients. It targets parents of patients with sickle cell anemia," Dr. Yusra Al Nasseri said

Dr. Al Nasseri added that the application includes seven icons represented by an interactive pain scale, educational videos, interactive games, a doctor for you, a weekly notification service, question and answer, and a chat service.

The academic at the Oman College of Health Sciences stated that the effectiveness of using the application, and the ease of access to icons, was studied on a segment of patients with this disease in the Royal Hospital and Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, stressing the importance of using smart technologies to reduce the complications of chronic diseases.

Al Nasseri indicated that she is working on developing the health application “For You” to improve the quality of the services provided in it, such as activating the “Doctor for You” and the possibility of linking it to the Shifa application to monitor patients with sickle cell anemia remotely. Work is also being conducted on creating a sensor for biochemical and chemical indicators that may lead to pain attacks for children with sickle cell anemia.

"There is no doubt that a quantum leap will occur in the health sector, which will contribute to reducing recurring complications in patients and early intervention to deal with symptoms, and thus will reduce the financial cost of treating complications resulting from this disease, " Dr. Yusra Al Nasseri said.